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What have you done during your time on NS?

I for one have never strayed out of General. I don't RP. I go for the political debates.

I came in swinging, and started off with US issues. I now avoid them like the plague, because I've read the same arguments too many times.

I feel like I have gotten to know a few of you here, and I like ya...even the mean nasties...there is a fairly diverse pool of viewpoints here.

I never assume anymore that people are joking. Too many times, they aren't.

I try to never stoop to personal attacks, but I DO type furiously (as Occidio once described it), and I love the quick replies.

I guess I've whetted my appetite for debate here...and sated it on occasion as well. I've also met some great personalities.

What have YOU done?

I spend about 50% of my NS time here, 50% in I.I.

I've spammed horrendously whilst cleverly manipulated my system of posting so that spammy posts are interspersed with intelligent comments at just the right intervals to make me semi-unbannable. And the important thing is that I never get my comeuppance. NO COMEUPPANCE!

EDIT: Oh, you meant 'where've I been'? Mostly General, with some time in the UN forum on a puppet nation. I'm no good in RP.

I'm just on General. Not much of an RP fan. I used to like debating, and still do a little from time to time, but mostly I'm just here to have fun and interact with all of you weirdos.

I'm spending about 90% of my time here, and 10% over in the RP forums with my puppet or researching RPing technique.

I'm just on General. Not much of an RP fan. I used to like debating, and still do a little from time to time, but mostly I'm just here to have fun and interact with all of you weirdos.
*blushes*...I think there was a compliment in there somewhere...

I started off in here, but over the last coupla months have strayed to NS.

In here I tend to make random comments with no relevance to anything, and the odd comment if people get something horrendously wrong. Always a helpful comment mind.

NO COMEUPPANCE!
That is a great word! Almost as good as defenestration!

I've spammed horrendously whilst cleverly manipulated my system of posting so that spammy posts are interspersed with intelligent comments at just the right intervals to make me semi-unbannable. And the important thing is that I never get my comeuppance. NO COMEUPPANCE!
What about comedownance?

I started by debating in the political/religious threads feverishly.

Then I got tired of that.

So I started making threads about sports and stuff, things I enjoyed and I didn't think would get too heated.

I was wrong.

So then I started posting in all the fun word game threads and in the social threads.

Then word games got banned, and all the people I first met on NS left

So I left NS for a while.

Then I came back after about 3 months away from the forum. But I still had a bad taste in my mouth about General, so I got into the NS and II forums.

But then I had to go to school, and there was not enough time to RP.

So then I returned to General. There's a whole new group of people that I'm friendly with now, and my role has shifted from the wide-eyed newbie who looked up to the forum veterans, to one of the forum veterans who people now look up to (I think).

Who knows what the future has in store for me.

And the important thing is that I never get my comeuppance. NO COMEUPPANCE!


We all love homer Simpson.


What've I done here? I used to only frequent the RP forums, but got a little disillusioned when everything kept descending to OOC debates, and a lot of other stuff in my life went to hell (and then back, hoo-rah). I'm currently writing up something really quite big as my return, but it's an on and off thing. Recently I haven't left the general forum for any reason. I used to get involved in the debates quite heavily, but now I usually just save my breath for topics that are novel and interesting, or present a new angle, or a debate that isn't commonly engaged in.
But I haven't actually done all that much. I don't post all that often, just stalk the forums and read what other people type. Been posting more recently though.

I started off in II but now spend most, if not all of my time on General.

I'll go back to II for a while when Taldaan does the second "Ice-cream Havoc" installment. That was a fun RP....god-mod all the way.... :p

*blushes*...I think there was a compliment in there somewhere...
You know it. Weirdos are much more interesting and exciting than all those normals walking around humming the latest pop single.

in around 4 months i've never strayed out of General, done the whole debate thing, got bored of hearing the same old arguements (and giving them), started spamming (with the occasional serious post/thread), got to know people here, got e-married and now (as of today) have a whole e-family :D

What have you done during your time on NS?

I for one have never strayed out of General. I don't RP. I go for the political debates.

I came in swinging, and started off with US issues. I now avoid them like the plague, because I've read the same arguments too many times.

I feel like I have gotten to know a few of you here, and I like ya...even the mean nasties...there is a fairly diverse pool of viewpoints here.

I never assume anymore that people are joking. Too many times, they aren't.

I try to never stoop to personal attacks, but I DO type furiously (as Occidio once described it), and I love the quick replies.

I guess I've whetted my appetite for debate here...and sated it on occasion as well. I've also met some great personalities.

What have YOU done?
I've posted my views on General about virtually everything, and really ticked some people off because of my rather vigorous defense of the US. But that's the nature of the beast. Those who can't stand the heat need to get the hell out of the kitchen! :)

I've dabbled in role play, but it's not really my thing anymore.

in around 4 months i've never strayed out of General, done the whole debate thing, got bored of hearing the same old arguements (and giving them), started spamming (with the occasional serious post/thread), got to know people here, got e-married and now (as of today) have a whole e-family :D
You finally got married today? But I wanted to be the minister!

*sulks. intelligently*

You know it. Weirdos are much more interesting and exciting than all those normals walking around humming the latest pop single.
*stops humming 'caught up'*
Huh? What?

(By the way, I actually had to google a current pop single:))

*stops humming 'caught up'*
Huh? What?

(By the way, I actually had to google a current pop single:))

What the heck song is "Caught Up"???

What the heck song is "Caught Up"???
*tongue in cheek* I don't know...it's by some guy who works as an usher somewhere...

I spend the bulk of my time in International Incidents doing war/character/negotiation RPs, a good deal of time in NationStates with the sports RPs, and I occasionally pop in here to get involved in political/sports/other debates.

*tongue in cheek* I don't know...it's by some guy who works as an usher somewhere...

See, I've heard of Usher. But I missed any songs called "Caught Up". I guess I'm behind the times.

Just general.

RP was always table top for me (A long time ago) so the RP forums don't appeal.

I try to avoid the <Insert Person/Country/Religion> bashing threads, and stick to the ones with some content.

I am not a fluffler, and avoid those threads as well.

I try not to attack the poster, rather than the post, but at times I slip (sorry Potaria, I just got a little wound up OK)

I often play the devil's advocate.

See, I've heard of Usher. But I missed any songs called "Caught Up". I guess I'm behind the times.
http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/usher-caught-up-fshfv3z.html
Not missing much, really.

I try not to attack the poster, rather than the post, but at times I slip (sorry Potaria, I just got a little wound up OK)


Oooh...I wish I could have seen YOU slip up...I just can't imagine it for some reason...

I mostly goof around in General, and maybe take a look at UN from time to time... Not much really. :rolleyes:

I spend about 98% of my time in II and the other 2% in general. I've amassed a massive country with a massive military. I've met some upstanding people from around the world (Austria, Northern Ireland, Norway, etc. to be precise). I've been integral in an Earth (one of many right...LOL).

And above all, have I had FUN!

You finally got married today? But I wanted to be the minister!

*sulks. intelligently*
nah still haven't got e-married, i just can't be arsed to distinguish between e-married and e-engaged or e-fiance

you're still the minister dude :)

nah still haven't got e-married, i just can't be arsed to distinguish between e-married and e-engaged or e-fiance

you're still the minister dude :)
Score!

Ministers can still have sex, right?

My time on Nationstates has been that of mostly watching. I have spent most of my time in General. I have watched old and young argue points to the point of futility. I have watched the best people on Nationstates leave because of being sick of the same debates by the same people all of the time. (Their words not mine) although I agree. I have watched as each country has pulled it's own pecker with nothing to back it up except stupid nationalism. I have watched one person(s) from one country talk down the person of another. I have seen the decline of democracy in my time. I have seen that if this is any indication of our future, we are surely doomed.

I see much sadness, I see much despair and I see the world going to hell in a hand basket. This is why I have been around for a while, but say very little.

Oh, I forgot about the UN!
I spend a bit of time there too. So it's more like a 80/10/10 split between General, UN, and the RP forums.

Score!

Ministers can still have sex, right?
we'll make a special exception for you :cool:


hehe i want to become an ordaned minister from here http://bargainbongs.co.uk/ca/join.html (read towards end of page ;) )

I am a pure Generalite, not one of those role playing mix breeds.

I joined with my main nation to hang out in General, and created this nationa as a puppet, to RP. Then this nation got caught up in the old word games and spam, and the RP didn't look my sort of RP, so this nation took over. Though my main nation spent some time in II and what have you.

The word games ban, the move to Jolt and some other, trivial stuff like work and getting married drove me away from General for a while, but then I drifted back in. Mostly I just let NS run in the background (when I can wrest control of our broadband connection from my family) while I get on with RL and dip in evry now and again when something catches my attention.

That is a great word! Almost as good as defenestration!
What about comedownance?
Well, his postcount is going to experience some comedownance as soon as I find a thousand or so of his posts to defenestrate. :D

You know it. Weirdos are much more interesting and exciting than all those normals walking around humming the latest pop single.
/me starts humming "Tearin' up my heart" by N'Sync.

--The Jovial States of Cogitation

...

From December 2002 until April or May 2003, I didn't participate much on the main NationStates forums due to the severe lag and stuck mainly to the offsite forums for "West Central Asia" (I don't think those forums exist, anymore). After that, I started posting on "United Nations" and "Technical", but primarily in "Technical" (we didn't always have a "Moderation" forum). Most of my time in "Technical" was spent in suggesting changes or revisions to the invasion rules, arguing that invasions should only be legal in some regions, suggesting improvements to the "United Nations", and offering advice to people who had questions.

Since I got modded in September 2003, I've been eating rulebreakers, keeping you weridoes in line... :p ...and generally laying down the law ever since.

--The Democratic States of Cogitation

"Laying down the law"...it sounds so sexual!

Sorry Cog, but it really does:)

Hey, can you real cut down our post count? That's terrible! I live for the name changes higher counts bring!

Well, his postcount is going to experience some comedownance as soon as I find a thousand or so of his posts to defenestrate. :D

:eek: I was joking! I don't think it's mostly spam. And I am pretty sure that I attempt to post in serious threads when I find a good one.

Unless you weren't talking about me. In which case, I'll shut up now :p

I dip in and out, but prefer the International Incidents. I love to RP, so long as the guys I'm working with are decent

:eek: I was joking! I don't think it's mostly spam. And I am pretty sure that I attempt to post in serious threads when I find a good one.

Unless you weren't talking about me. In which case, I'll shut up now :p
Hey...didn't you used to have a higher post count....my GOD HE'S GONE AND DONE IT!!!!

*made you look:)*

"Laying down the law"...it sounds so sexual!

Sorry Cog, but it really does:)
I said "laying down the law", not "laying the law". :p

Somebody here has a dirty mind. :p

--The Jovial States of Cogitation
NationStates Self-Proclaimed Court Jester

...

Hey, can you real cut down our post count? That's terrible! I live for the name changes higher counts bring!
Okay, seriously? I'm not supposed to unless there was actual rulebreaking involved, but it's possible. Soft-deleting or hard-deleting someones post reduces their postcount by 1. So, if I were going to do such a thing, I'd just hunt down and delete 1,000 old posts. Of course, this abuse of Mod power would be followed by an annoucement of my forcible removal as Moderator.

--The Modified Democratic States of Cogitation
NationStates Game Moderator

I did a little in nationstates and used to do serious debate a bit more, but right now I just come here to make others laugh (and slobber over my naked body, you all know who you are)

*made you look:)*
*grrr*

*tries to make this post look less spammy*

So, er...the Kyoto agreement? Good or bad? Ah ha, ha...ha.

*fails to make post less spammy*

I am a General of the forums, as i think roleplaying involves people sitting round a table where i can see their faces. So i just hang around mixing serious posts, fun stuff and spewing vitriol at those that deserve it.

I spend 100% of my time here. I might go try role-playing, but not anytime soon.

I used to be a full-time Generalite, then after a while I started occasionally dropping into Gameplay or the UN Forum. Now I spend my time mostly in General or the UN Forum, with occasional ventures into II, NS, Gameplay, Technical, or Moderation.

I staunchly defend Christianity, even though everyone tears me apart

I proclaim the supremacy Alaska has over all else.

I have never strayed from General

I was reminded the difference between marriage ceremony and marriage itself

I was a fairly late starter on the forums: I didn't start posting until about July, and still haven't gained momentum. I hang around here and on II, but haven't done much on either, apart from "Ice Cream Havoc..." (sequel is being planned). People mostly ignore me, so either I have managed to accidentally write racism, sexism, and Nazi viewpoints into my posts without realising and been IGNOREd or I don't say anything interesting.

On here, I mainly head for the fun threads or those involving music. I avoid the big serious arguments because I get enough of that in real life. I also like to read but not reply to the extremist "Hey, lets go out and kill *random ethnic/religious/political/economic/other* group" because they are funny.

:fluffle: for everyone!

I only ever post on the general forum, sticking mostly to spammy threads, or NS local 8976. I'm not particularly well informed on political matters, so if I see an interesting political thread I'll tend to read it rather than participating.

I have been considering getting into RP, starting off with an RP about my nation's underfunded military, but that probably won't be for months. I'll probably start reading II a bit, to see how that kind of thing goes.

Oooh...I wish I could have seen YOU slip up...I just can't imagine it for some reason...

Maybe not an vitriolic outburst, but I did lose my patience here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8432836&postcount=88)

Don't expect streams of abuse. It was just a personal attack that was unnecessary.

I have had a good time spamming, with the occasional debate.

Maybe not an vitriolic outburst, but I did lose my patience here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8432836&postcount=88)

Don't expect streams of abuse. It was just a personal attack that was unnecessary.
Amusingly, as I was both a punk in the seventies and distinctly not upper-middle class, we could have had the first exception to our civilised exchanges had I spotted that post when it was made. Nothing serious of course, but form and tribal loyalties would have demanded I put on at least a show of being upset about your characterisation of my past.

What have you done during your time on NS?


Defended Communism, Democratic Socialism and Islam. Otherwise, not a whole lot. Ran a contest once. Made a thread about Melons.

Well I started out in I.I just a few days after I made this nation, and didn't post in General more than once or twice until the end of '04 / early '05. Now I generally browse the RPs in I.I, make one or two of my own, get them ignored by most of the people there, give up, and come over to general. Might just give up on RPing, and devote more time to saying very little in here.

Defended Communism, Democratic Socialism and Islam. Otherwise, not a whole lot. Ran a contest once. Made a thread about Melons.


Melons!

Melons!

I should run another contest ... NS's Best Melons! ;)

[pics mandatory]

i spend 100% of my time here in General, dont think ive posted in any other forums

I'm not very good at RP so I spend most of my time here in General. I do cruise around, though, and post a little in the other forums.

I should run another contest ... NS's Best Melons! ;)

[pics mandatory]

Consider that idea seconded.

Consider that idea seconded.

Wonder how fast it would get shut down ... even if I said "No Nudes". Guess I'll have to ask in moderation.

I'm that rarity - a UN regular who dabbles elsewhere. I dipped my feet into General a few times in the distant past and came away feeling ... dirty. I've been a regular in Moderation and Technical (given my technical background, those tended to be easy. I've created one or two major topics in NS and II, but never got into the major RPs (RP is a pretty horrible spectator sport).

Since being modded, I find myself flitting everywhere, but mostly do non-moddish stuff in the UN once again.

~ Frisbeeteria ~
NationStates Annoyance Professional

Since being modded, I find myself flitting everywhere, but mostly do non-moddish stuff in the UN once again.


Yes ... but how do you feel about Melons?

Wonder how fast it would get shut down ... even if I said "No Nudes". Guess I'll have to ask in moderation.

I find it is best to not ask, and to just go ahead and do it.

I also find that my advice is always perfect, so you should do what I say.

Straight to general for me.

I haven't gotten ruffled up on here so far and I don't attack, gang up on or make fun of others. I just try to enjoy the threads and understand other peoples point of view.

I was photographed in bed with a muppet

I was murdered in a nightclub

I raised rancour

I was deleted (for non-use) and reinstated... 2ce

I spend most of my time in II, and very little of my time in General. If you want an intelligent debate, here isn't the place to come. 9 times out of 10, any slightly controversial thread will become a flamefest and a place for the arrogant and obnoxious to come and tell everyone why they're wrong, rather than explain why they're right. No, I'm a member of another forum where intelligent debate happens, that's where I go for my fill.

I like II because it's a good place to use your imagination, and if you're like me and incapable of writing a novel due to a lack of skill/attention/patience, then it's ideal. Of course, if you don't have a name that everyone recognises, you get ignored completely, but I don't mind...

I started last year.

PABLO! Long time no see!

After that, I started posting on "United Nations" and "Technical", but primarily in "Technical" (we didn't always have a "Moderation" forum). Most of my time in "Technical" was spent in suggesting changes or revisions to the invasion rules, arguing that invasions should only be legal in some regions, suggesting improvements to the "United Nations", and offering advice to people who had questions.

Since I got modded in September 2003, I've been eating rulebreakers, keeping you weridoes in line...:p...and generally laying down the law ever since.

Cog left out the part where one of us Tech forum readers would reply to his every post by saying something along the lines of "Excellent point. They really should make you a mod." :P

As for myself....I'm generally everywhere. Started out as a UN regular (the whole "being-a-delegate-with-twenty-endorsements" thing had a lot to do with that), then gradually migrated over to Tech and Mod. I occasionally posted then in NS and II, and still do (I'm involved in an RP or two, but I don't RP much on the NS forums). I've also been posting in General for quite a while; although I've never been a part of the traditional General Forum Royalty I'd usually know them when I ran into them. I've also posted in NS2 (back when Neut ruled that forum) and JG - in fact, I doubt there's a forum here that I haven't posted in. Since I think the new forums are really freaking ugly, I can be found more often in the Gameplay world now (the past year or so) - the ADN and Nasi forums, as well as other random regional boards. Although I'm currently on a one-week hiatus due to very high RL pressure (http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/Site_Info/2005ChesapeakeRegional.pdf).

I made a few posts in II and the other RPG threads when I first started, but when you've been RPGing for years it tends to get a bit boring, especially when it's stuff like "I nuke you all, you all die, everyone a direct hit. You all dead and I win. Not bad for a thread starter, eh?" :rolleyes: However I now rarely stray from General.

ive been in everything, but a good chunk of my posts are in the sound and something block of forums.

I spend 99% of my time on the general forum. I like debate but some days I'm just too lazy to research. If I'm going to be specific I have to research, because I tend to remember only generalities. I wish I could remember all the crap I read, some people are so lucky. :rolleyes:

I spend 99% of my time on the general forum. I like debate but some days I'm just too lazy to research. If I'm going to be specific I have to research, because I tend to remember only generalities. I wish I could remember all the crap I read, some people are so lucky. :rolleyes:


I remember everything I read, that is, until I get bored and decide to forget about it. Then, as luck would have it, I remember the stupid, worthless information about a year later.

So much for wanting to forget about a bunch of useless crap.

I spend all my time on General forum, and hardly bother with "playing" the actual NS "game" anymore.

Had fun on the gun threads until I learned that they invariably end up in pages of american constitutional legalese.

I like the random threads the best. Usually the silly ones.

Don't like the fluffle-fests and penis-size-contest threads

RPing has always seemed... wierd.

I've spent most of my time here in general

I think i've pretty much stopped playing the game and only log in to get here

I come from a fairly homogeneous place and while its nice to be among friends its also good to see the other side of things every now and then

When I'm bored, I read Moderation, NS, Gameplay, or II, and manage my nation and my puppets--all of which have 2 issues per day :D

I spend most of my time here at General, looking for babes to hit on and to flirt with :D

Of course, if the babes don't want to flirt with me or hit on me, I sit in the corner and be a wallflower and isolate myself...

*weeping uncontrollably*

I've established myself in the UN, sometimes seen in Moderation and Technical. Tentatively beginning to look at General and RPing.

General only.

What have you done during your time on NS?

I for one have never strayed out of General. I don't RP. I go for the political debates.

I came in swinging, and started off with US issues. I now avoid them like the plague, because I've read the same arguments too many times.

I feel like I have gotten to know a few of you here, and I like ya...even the mean nasties...there is a fairly diverse pool of viewpoints here.

I never assume anymore that people are joking. Too many times, they aren't.

I try to never stoop to personal attacks, but I DO type furiously (as Occidio once described it), and I love the quick replies.

I guess I've whetted my appetite for debate here...and sated it on occasion as well. I've also met some great personalities.

What have YOU done?

I started on the evolution/religion threads but now i hang around more on the nice/random threads...

I don't hate anyone on Ns

I spend all my time on general, i've never even visited the other ones...

Yeah, met some great people...

Had some interesting debates...

All in all its pretty cool... well yeah... otherwise i wouldn't still be here

Before the move to Jolt I was pretty active on the debate threads in general, and occasionally would post in Gameplay and I.I. Since the move, I've pretty much restricted myself to offsite forums, which is where most of the fun is anyway :D

Used to hang out in Technical a lot -- more reading than posting -- in the days when it was full of helpful hints and fun discoveries rather than full of complaints as it is presently. Moderation used have interesting threads, too. Pre-Jolt, General used to have a very tight clique but it's broken up so I come here off and on since I can't mine any useful information from Tech/Mod/Issues any more. Wow. Pablo and Argyres. Man, I haven't see you guys in ages. :eek: